Quakes in Mexico City raise concerns over supposed new volcano

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In Mexico City, people have speculated about the cause of small earthquakes felt recently. One particular concern spread on social media — and suggested by recent headlines: a new volcano could be forming. That’s something that scientists at the National Autonomous University of Mexico have said could be a possibility, only they say this is expected to happen several hundreds of years in the future. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks to Ana Lillian Martin, a volcanologist at UNAM.

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